Stephen Colbert and Seth Meyers Came Back From Break to Roast the Hell Out of Trump

Sure, 2019 started eight days ago, but this is the first full week of the year during which we have not had a government! And all the late-night hosts have some opinions about that. Negative ones. Because this is a bad thing and it's Trump's fault.

On Late Night, Seth Meyers criticized both Trump and mainstream news outlets for perpetuating Trump's lies: "There is no more basic test of a political leader than this: Can you keep the government running? And Trump is now again failing that test for the third time in his presidency. In real life, you don’t get hired after that."

Trump is also planning a national address tonight, which all the major networks, including Late Night's NBC, have agreed to broadcast. "First of all, just because Trump wants to address the nation doesn’t mean networks should air it," said Meyer. "Otherwise, they’re just passing on his lies unfiltered." Don't worry, Seth, I'm sure they'll give him a firm scolding over his "unsupported claims."

Meanwhile, Stephen Colbert was back from his own holiday hiatus, jabbing at Trump for shutting down the government because Fox News kept calling him too chicken to do it. He also pointed out another of Trump's lies. The president insisted that past presidents have told him they should have built a wall on the border of Mexico. But according to Colbert, all four living ex-presidents say that's crap. He also riffs on Trump's weird obsession with walls in general, from his claim that Obama built extra walls around his house (he didn't) to the claim that "we've always had walls," which is one of the many things the president says that I don't even know how to respond to. Yes, centuries ago humans invented walls. You got me!

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